Flip Saunders recently announced that he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma and said that he had been under treatment since it was identified in the middle of June this year.

The Minnesota Timberwolves president and head coach also said that he is intending to carry on with his duties as an executive of the Wolves organization and as its head coach this coming 2015-2016 season, as per Yahoo Sports.

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The 60-year-old coach also said through his official statement that his doctors were claiming that the immune system cancer is "very treatable and curable" although it is still too serious that would require the "same passion" he has for everything he had done in his life.

The disease was detected some time before the 2015 NBA Draft when Saunders led the team's decision to select eventual no. 1 pick Karl-Anthony Towns out of Kentucky.

Saunders, who is arguably the most influential individual in Timberwolves basketball history, immediately began chemotherapy as soon as the diagnosis was out and had been under treatment for most of the free-agency period.

Despite being uninterruptedly treated, Saunders still oversaw all basketball-related activities of the Wolves, such as draft workouts, trades, signings and other transactions. He missed the summer league in Las Vegas this month but had stayed in contact with his coaching staff who handled the team who competed there because he has to remain at their new team facility in Minnesota where his presence was said to be more needed.

Saunders just made the official announcement on Tuesday to end all rumors and speculations about his real condition.

ESPN indicated that his doctors were advising him to slow down from his day-to-day activities a little bit and to allot more time of rest, but the two-time All-Star Game head coach who had been coaching for 38 years since 1977, seem to not listen.

The outpouring of support especially from the team's management, players, and fans, had been "overwhelming" for Saunders as he said that he had no intentions of slowing down as coach and was keen on bringing the team back to the playoffs next year.

Bleacher Report noted that while the organization is optimistic about the team's performance in this upcoming season with their young and hungry roster led by last season's Rookie of the Year Andrew Wiggins, the team is more concerned with the health of its president and coach as of the moment.

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